How did women experience Partition?
For women, partition was horrible. Women were raped , abducted and many times forced to live with strangers and start a new life. They were deeply traumatised and began to develop new family bonds in the changed circumstances. Women became victims on both the sides of the border. They were forced to live in a strange circumstances. But the government officials of both the countries did not take any serious step to consult those women. Women were left on their fate. They were even murdered by their own family members. When the men realized that the women of their family would fall into the hands of the enemy, they killed their women with their own hands. To escape from the hands of enemy, in a Sikh village, ninety women were said to have voluntarily jumped into a well.
How did the Congress come to change its views on Partition?
Why is Partition viewed as an extremely significant marker in South Asian history?
Why was British India partitioned?
Examine the strengths and limitations of oral history. How have oral-history techniques furthered our understanding of Partition?
Why did some people think of Partition as a very sudden development?
What did the Muslim League demand through its resolution of 1940?
What were Mahatma Gandhi’s arguments against Partition?
How did ordinary people view Partition?
Why was the jotedar a powerful figure in many areas of rural Bengal?
Why did the mutinous sepoys in many places turn to erstwhile rulers to provide leadership to the revolt?
To what extent are census data useful in reconstructing patterns of urbanisation in the colonial context?
How did Mahatma Gandhi seek to identify with the common people?
What were the ideals expressed in the Objectives Resolution?
How did zamindars manage to retain control over their zamindaris?
Discuss the evidence that indicates planning and coordination on the part of the rebels.
What do the terms “White” and “Black” Town signify?
How was Mahatma Gandhi perceived by the peasants?
How was the term minority defined by different groups?
How did prominent Indian merchants establish themselves in the colonial city?
Discuss the extent to which religious beliefs shaped the events of 1857.
What steps did the British take to quell the uprising?
What did the rebels want? To what extent did the vision of different social groups differ?
How did the Constituent Assembly seek to resolve the language controversy?
How was the term minority defined by different groups?
How did the Paharias respond to the coming of outsiders?
Find out about the route of the Dandi March. On a map of Gujarat plot the line of the march and mark the major towns and villages that it passed along the route.Find out about the route of the Dandi March. On a map of Gujarat plot the line of the march and mark the major towns and villages that it passed along the route.
How was Mahatma Gandhi perceived by the peasants?
How did Mahatma Gandhi seek to identify with the common people?